Doctoral Colloquium in Risk Analytics

https://landing.cafoscarichallengeschool.it/docra/

The fifth session on Decentralized Finance and risk challenges from CBDCs and crypto markets

will be held on April, 13-24, 2026, by:

a) Week 1: Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary, Decentralized Finance

b) Week 2: Gina Pieters, Digital Economy Consulting, and Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, U. Cambridge, Anticipating new risk channels from CBDCs, Stablecoins, and Crypto Markets

We seek PhD students from Italian or Foreign Universities, who remain aﬃliated with their Doctoral School. Students must attend the whole session. They may get credit for the courses taken within the Colloquium.

There are no participation fees; travel and accommodation are covered by the Colloquium (see below).

Up to four additional participants, including further Doctoral Students, Postdocs, Junior Faculty, or PhDs working in the industry, may be admitted at their own travel and accommodation expenses.

Venue

Polo Didattico San Basilio, Venice

We offer:

an outstanding Faculty of leading researchers;
work in a multidisciplinary team with other doctoral candidates;
no tuition fees, with

free accommodation on the Camplus Santa Marta and Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli (walking distance of the San Basilio venue);
travel expenses reimbursed (up to 200 euro).

Each session includes two courses. Each course is delivered over 20 hours over one week, combining frontal teaching, oﬃce hours/discussions, assignments and presentation of research by the students. Students who achieve a Pass obtain 4 ECTS per course.

Applications

Students can apply through the site

https://landing.cafoscarichallengeschool.it/docra/

Deadline : March 6, 2026

For more information, please visit https://landing.cafoscarichallengeschool.it/docra/

or get in touch through colloquia.cicf@unive.it. We’ll be happy to organize a zoom session.

DoCRA is a joint initiative of CICF (team leader), IUSS Pavia, IMT Lucca, SISSA Trieste, Scuola di Studi Superiori Carlo Urbani in Camerino, Scuola di Studi Superiori Giacomo Leopardi in Macerata, Scuola Superiore F. Rossi in Torino, Scuola Superiore Universitario Di Toppo Wassermann in Udine